Garment hanger



`ume 29, 1937.

S. ZETLIN GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 6, 1957 gmc/vm, SamueZ ZeZZ PatentedJune 29, 1937 unirse srs'rss garant cerise GARMENT HANGER Samuel Zetlin,Baltimore, Md.

Application February 6, 1937, Serial No. 124,367

4 Claims.

rThis invention relates to garment hangers, and especially to the kindthat is intended for hanging pants with their upper and lower partssuspended from their intermediate parts that are 5'laid over a tubularsupporting member that is adapted to hold disinfecting or fumigatingmaterial.

One object of this invention is to provide a garment hanger, of the kindabove-mentioned, composed of a very few and comparatively simple parts,so it can be produced and sold at a low cost and adequate profit.

Another object is to provide this type of device with end-closingmembers that are movable from a position that permits a wire hanger tobe moved into and out of a slot, to a position 'for preventing the wirehanger from accidentally moving out of the slot; also to provide theend-closing members with means to securely lock them in their normalposition on the tubular supporting member, the latter being depressiblefor disengaging it from the locking means and being elastic forreturning the depressed portions to the normal cylindrical shape.

Another object is to engage the horizontal part of a one-piece-wirehanger with the cylindrical fumigator receptacle excentrically withrespect to the axial center of the latter, so it will not and cannotrotate on said horizontal part and permit the heavier part of a pair ofpants to cause it to turn and drop the pants.

Other objects and important features are pointed out or implied in thefollowing details of description, in connection with the accom- Ypanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my invention in the position forsupporting a pair of pants.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of one end of the device, thesection being along the line Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional viewalong the line 3 3 of Fig. 5, showing the. fumigator receptacle invertedor in a different useful position from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional View along the line -Il of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view along the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view along the same line as Fig. 4, butshowing the tube depressed for unlocking the end-closing membertherefrom so the latter can be slid to the position shown in Fig. '7.

Fig. 7 is a view taken in the same line as Figs. 4 and 6, but showingthe slot of the end-closing member in open communication with the slotof the intermediate or main tubular member so the wire hanger can be putinto engagement with the fumigator receptacle which is composed of themain tubular member and the end-closing memv5 bers.

Referring to the drawing in detail, in which, similar parts are referredto by similar reference numerals on the drawing and in thespeciiication, the invention is now described and specied in de- 10 tailas follows:

A substantially cylindrical or tubular member,A IG of any appropriateflexible and elastic material, is longitudinally slotted at il, andprovided with openings I2 of any appropriate number, size and shape. Themember Ill is adapted to contain perfuming and/or fumigating material;and the fumes therefrom can pass through the slot II and openings I2into the fabric of the pants or other garment hung on the garmenthanger. 20

End-closing members I3 are slidingly seated but normally locked on theends oi the member I0, and each of these members I3 consists of a discI4 and a sleeve I5 united in cup-shape and provided with a slot that isshown at IG and extends diametrcally or radially the greater part ofthe. distance across the disc Ill, into the adjoining part of the sleeveI 5, and out through the end of the sleeve away from the disc. Thesesleeves and discs are composed of thin but relatively rigid material ofany appropriate kind, so they retain the cup-like shape and prevent theslotted member I0 from expanding beyond the cylindrical shape shown; andthe slot I6 is preferably the same width as the slot II except where itmay be slightly narrowed by a locking lug or tongue I7 which is integralwith the sleeve I5 and extends into the slot I I only at times when thehorizontal wire I8 is to be passed into or out of the intercommunicatingslots as shown in Fig. 7. However, the locking lug is not essentiallylocated at the slot I6, or may be located thereat without extendingthereinto.

Normally, the lug or tongue il extends into an opening I9 in the memberID, and when in this position, the ends of the slots II are bridged orclosed by the sleeves I5, so the wire i8 cannot then pass out throughthe slot II, but engages the underside of the upper part of the memberIB so as to support the latter and the end-closing members. However,when it is desired to remove the wire I8, the parts of the member I 0adjacent to the openings i9 can be depressed (as shown in Fig. 6) bymanipulation of the user so as to free the sleeves from locking 55engagement of their lugs T with the member l0, thus permitting thesleeves to be turned to the position shown in Fig. '7.

When the Wire hanger provides suicient clearance, the container lil-I3can be inverted, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, but it may be preferable toretain the normal position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 wherein the lockingand unlocking means is convenient for manipulation by thumbs of theuser.

When a coat or other sleeved garment is hung on the complete hanger andfumigator shown in Fig. l, the slots I6 serve as vents or outlets forthe fumes from the fumigating material in the receptacle or containerlil-.I3 to pass into the sleeves of such garment, while the discs I4prevent the unvaporized fumigating material from escaping.

While describing this form of my invention specifically, I have nointention of limiting my patent protection to these precise details ofconstruction and materials, for the invention is susceptible of numerouschanges Within the scope of the inventive ideas implied and claimed.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a garment hanger, the combination of a tubular member having aslot extending from end to end for permitting an element of ahanger-member to be passed therethrough to the interior of the tubularmember, and sleeves movably secured on the ends of said tubular memberand normally bridging the slot of the latter, said sleeves each having aslot therein that can be brought into open communication with the slotof said tubular member for permitting said element of said hanger to bedis'- engaged from said tubular member.

2. The combination dened by claim 1, said tubular member having openingstherein at points near the ends of the first said slot, said sleeveseach having a lug normally extending into one of said openings so as tolook each sleeve in position for bridging the slot of said.

tubular member, the tubular member being depressible and elastic atpoints near said openings so the latter can be depressed for moving themout of engagement With said lugs and so the tubular member automaticallyreturns the depressed portions to normal when released.

3. The combination dened by claim 1, each of said sleeves having a discunited therewith and provided With an opening in communication With theslot of the sleeve so as to form a continuation of this slot and toreceive said hanger element While these discs substantially close theends of the sleeve for retaining fumigating material in the tubularmember while permitting fumes to pass from the tubular member throughthe opening of each of said discs, for the pur poses specified.

4. The combination dened by claim l, in combination with a Wirehangerwhich includes a normally horizontal part that extends through thetubular member from endto end in an excentric or axially parallelposition With respect to the axis of said tubular member so as toprevent rotation of the tubular member on said horizontal part.

SAMUEL ZETLIN.

